Hey everyone- we are hosting an event on "Social Responsibility & Social Media: Using the Web To Make A Difference"Its all about how the web can be used for great things.

 Ted Malloch from Yale University and Global Giving will be there to talk as well as 5 other panelists from around Vancouver.

I work at a natural foods restaurant, and I currently drive to work. I grew up in a rural town where driving was the default "assumed" mode of transportation...

I am interested in this program b/c it might help me 'unask' my old prejudices regarding this, and help me live in accordance with my own ideals...

I found this on Vancouver Craigslist

Earth Day coming up on Saturday…. Boy are they in for a surprise with the amount of stuff that will show up.

Metropolis at Metrotown

Got Old Electronics? Anyone with old computers, printers and electronics is encouraged to drop by Metropolis at Metrotown’s Atrium Court between April 16 -22. Metropolis at Metrotown will recycle all electronics for free!

As promised, we did this today and it took two of us just over an hour to finish the job.

You see pictures taken as they grow here or here.

We made the seed balls! Now it is time to plant them....

Announcing a new event for The Vancouver Guerilla Gardening Meetup Group!

What: April Fool's Day seed ball planting - 7th & Hemlock
When: Sunday, April 1, 11:00 AM
Event fee: CAD1.00 per person
Where: Click this link to find out more!

Event Description: Sunday, April 1, 2007 - 11:00AM - Noon

"Seed Balls are one half inch diameter models of the living world. They can contain all the seeds for a complete habitat, for a wild or domestic garden. In a holographic way, each ball can contain the whole plant potential of the entire ecosystem. They require a fraction of the cost of planting or drilling and are hundreds of times faster. They can be made by anyone anywhere in the world where there is clay, soil, seed and water. Seed balls work on all scales, small to large, and can be air dropped over broad areas! Hundreds of kinds of mixed seeds, soil humus and dry powdered red brown clay, form the solid components of seed balls. When mixed with water and rolled into balls, they become little Adobe Gardens."

Cooperative Auto Network / Solar Power Roadshow - December 9th

Help celebrate Cooperative Auto Network's newest branch location at Oarkridge Centre, on December 9, 2006 from 1pm-4pm, at the mall's auditorium. The public is invited to this free event. Please drop in to inquire about the advantages of car sharing, at the C.A.N. booth. Everyone is welcome.

Hi all,

I thought I'd post about a free event Vancity is hosting about Human Rights on Thursday, October 26, 2006 at 7:30pm at the Italian Cultural Centre.

As author of more than 20 books, dynamic presenter Michael Parenti speaks on how culture is not always a neutral phenomenon and is often an instrument of social control and contested power. How do human rights figure in cultural struggles? And why should we think of human rights as a global phenomenon? Mr. Parenti will also speak on how globalization is threatening local sources of production and self-sufficiency, and how we should expand the concept of human rights to include environmental sustainability.